Demanding vs. Exacting — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Demanding and Exacting
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Demanding
Requiring much effort or attention
Exhausted by a demanding job.
Exacting
Making severe demands; rigorous
An exacting instructor.
Demanding
Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations
A demanding teacher.
Exacting
Requiring great care, effort, or attention
An exacting task.
Demanding
Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
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Exacting
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
Demanding
Present participle of demand
Exacting
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Demanding
Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill;
Found the job very demanding
A baby can be so demanding
Exacting
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
Exacting
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Exacting
Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures;
Fastidious microorganisms
Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
Exacting
Severe and unremitting in making demands;
An exacting instructor
A stern disciplinarian
Strict standards
Exacting
Requiring precise accuracy;
An exacting job
Became more exigent over his pronunciation
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